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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: click beetle (0.01085 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to click beetle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: click beetle
click beetle
n : able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the
air with a clicking sound [syn:
skipjack,
snapping beetle
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: click beetle
Elater
\El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.]
1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
spores, as in some liverworts.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family
Elaterid[ae], having
the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also
click beetle
,
spring beetle, and
snapping beetle.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by
Podura and related
insects for leaping. See
Collembola.
[1913 Webster]
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